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baster

¹ American

[bey-ster] / ˈbeɪ stər /

noun

Sewing.

a person or thing that bastes.

baster ² American

[bey-ster] / ˈbeɪ stər /

noun

a person who bastes meat or other food.
a large glass, plastic, or metal tube with a rubber bulb at one end and a small opening at the other, to be filled with butter, drippings, etc., for basting food as it is cooking.

Etymology

Origin of baster¹

First recorded in 1880–85; baste ¹ + -er ¹

Origin of baster²

First recorded in 1515–25; baste ² + -er ¹

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